“I’m not quite sure we have the personnel to play the type of game I’d like to play, which is more offensive-oriented,” the new coach said after the Blueshirts had been limited to one goal (or less) for the 12th time in 32 games. “It’s a challenge scoring goals — I’m not saying we won’t get there — but right now it’s a big challenge, so we have to be [more] defense-minded. “My job is to coach, analyze the personnel we have and put a system in place that best suits them,” he said. “That’s what I’m trying to do now.” No shit sherlock...hey Glenn you can change the coaches all you want but if the talent is not there........ This is not to bash the new coach or to lay gold bricks for the old one to walk on...this is a wakeup to everyone who thinks we are/were better than what was thrown out there on the ice. Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk
You should be happy that Torts' daughter took a twitter shot at us before deleting it: #shotsfired RT @BrittanyKellen: NYR and MSG ... You got want you want right? Hopefully you find some identity.
If anything Al, this proves that AV is 1000x the coach Torts is. AV is adapting his system to the personnel on the team Al. That's why Torts is gone. That stubborn idiot was playing his way and his style no matter what roster he had. Nash and Gaborik? Screw your offensive talent, bang in the corners, block shots, and play defensively. Could you ever in a million years picture Torts saying "my job is to put a system in place that best suits the team?" The problem is last year Sather made a couple moves to fit the team to Torts' style, then changes coaches but kept the same personnel. There should have been some changes made this offseason but there wasn't.
Torts has an act that eventually wears thin. Kind of like Mike Keenan so you just have to hope the team wins before that happens. The Rangers should've went to the finals under his watch and frankly I blame Sather for doing nothing at the deadline more than I blame Torts for that one. That being said it was time to move on. Clearly it looks like this first season under the new coach isn't going to go well. Not surprising being that this roster needs work. Too many completely useless parts.
Once again dan, worry about your own team. Stop obsessing over the Rangers dude. Your team is even worse.
zzzzzzz dan you know nothing. I saw every game Torts coached and it was painfully obvious what was going on. This isn't 2004 anymore, his style back then would not be considered up-tempo by today's standards. But again, he wanted to hold true to what he knows and refused to adapt while the game changes around him. Just like his roster changed around him after the ECF season. Get lost dude, I dont even know why you're here.
Totally missing the point people...torts knew what he had and played a system to best utilized it. He didn't have a full season or real training camp to incorporate the talents of nash with gabby. Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk
It's the only system Torts knows Al. It had some parralels with the roster but I have watched some Canucks games this year as I live on the west coast now and Vancouver isn't playing a different system. Roster is pretty irrelevant with that dinosaur.
Al, I think torts had sathers ears with moves that were made while he was there. I think torts hands were all over jettisoning gabs for 3 guys that include a fast skater who gets beat easily and not physical on defense, a grinding type of center who is offensively inept and the third piece of the deal masquerades as the meat hanging up on the hook in the rocky film. On the other hand he could have made that trade to bring in another scorer instead of vice versa. I'm hoping slats gives av the same latitude and jettisons some of the grinder types and gets some offense in here
Yes Your leading scorer is 90 years old will completely disapear in the 2nd half like he has the past few years. You traded a #1 draft pick for a goalie who is a UFA at seasons end and doesnt understand why he isnt playing more. Your team is old, has no #1 draft pick this year because your GM didnt want to lose the 30th pick and you are 12-16 vs teams not the Rangers. Stellar We have enough problems to not worry about NJ. I suggest you do the same
Exactly. Worse. Around the same. Here is the bottom line, both teams stink right this moment. The rest is just BS back and forth. But with no 1st round pick. A UFA goalie. And more old guys, I would claim the future looks worse for NJ also. But let's be honest, none of that really matters. It is simply another case of another teams fans claiming they don't care about the Rangers, Rangers stink, they don't affect my life, on and on...YET here they are posting on a Rangers board. Nothing says I don't care about your team more than posting on their board and talking about them...LOL.
You think the Devs will re-sign Schneider? What about giving up a top 10 pick this season because Lou was too egotistical to give up the 1st rounder two years ago...how do you feel about that?
